The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Joke on Judge Emory Speer that is
Expected to Go the Rounds-Worth
County Naval Stores Men Cutting a
Great Many New Boxes-A cow
hiding at Clarkesville.
GEORGIA.
Never since Alapaha has been town has
she enjoyed such a volume of trade as is
now pouring into her.
About 1000, 900 feet of timber came down
to Darien during the week from the up
country. A great deal OF timber is expected
down during the balance of the month.
The rivers are now said 10 be in good raft
ing condition.
At Chipley, Friday the city election was
held and panned out the following officers:
For Mayor, Capt. J. j. Tucker; for Coun-
oilmen, J. II. Hogan, j. l.. Allen, G. A,
Pearce, u. II. Laytield, w. ID. Wisdom; for
Recorder, j. T. Dunlop
At Warrenton, Friday night, Hon Charles
f. McGregor was shot about $50 o'clock
by an unknown person concealed in the
shrubbery of his front yard. The ball, of
44-calibre, entered his right side, and is
lodged just under the skin on the left.
Mai Peter Pelham, Of Worth county,
owns 10000 acres of fine yellow pine timber.
miles of the railroad. Thursday Maj Pelham
went to New York to arrange for reducing
this vast body of timber into lumber.
The housekeeper and number of the EN-
ployes Of the Oglethorpe Hotel have arrived
at Brunswick. A carload of furniture also
arrived Saturday. The big range has been
shipped from New York and is expected
daily. The boiler is in position and soon
everything will be in readiness.
Ty Ty naval stores men are cutting a great
many new boxes again this season. They
areextending their business into Colquitt
county. Coleman & Parks and w. +. Ford
have several men already cutting, and
would have good many more if they could
be had. 1t seems that good cutters are
somewhat scarce and hard to get this sea-
son.
One of the sights witnessed in Atlanta
Saturday was two-horse load of live part
ridges, in coops. The man who owned
them sold them very rapidly at dollar a
dozen. He said that he did not know how
many be had, and no one seemed
coops, the inside of the wagon
looked like a bank of partridges The
owner Of the birds was from one of the up
per counties of the State, and had been on
the road several days.
A trade was consumated Saturday which
places Dalton on the list of booming towns
The Crown Cotton Mills sold to a company
represent d by Robert Marley, of Philadel-
phia, seventy acres of land opposite the
mill, on the State road upon which is TO g
erected at once, the largest ornamental iron
works in the South within the year One
hundred mechanics will be EMPLOYED and
the plant doubled the second year. Ali the
stock is subscribed. Two other important
industries are being negotiated.
A judicial joke is out and will start the
rounds on the United States circuit. Every
one knows how expert and almost unerring
the proverbial hotel clerk is when he takes
in and sizes up strange guest as he writes
his name for the first time upon the book
before him, and how accurately he fits him
and his pocket book with room. 1t was
about three years ago, when, having sue
cessfully steered his canoe between Scylla
and Cbarybdis in the United States Con-
gress, Judge Speer assembled the bench Of the
United States Court in Macon.
He arrived in the city at night
and, going direct to the Hotel Lanier
registered Emory Speern in a business-like
hand. When be had finished his autograph
the alert clerk was already studying his key
board, evidently a little perplexed as to de-
tails. But presently he turned and asked:
Mr.. Speer, what line do you carryp' 'Mr.
Speer" looked at him and repeated the
question in evident astonishment: What
line do ! carryl / don't understand you,
SIR. Do you allude TO my politicsn No
sir, but wantedto know whether you re-
quire large or small sample room" Ex-
plantations followed, and that hotel clerk al
ways keeps mign5y quiet when he goes into
the United States Court room.
Last Wednesday, James Stewart, of the
Porter factory, three miles from Clarkes-
vile, insulted the sister of Ben and David
Crane. He was walking leisurely toward
the factory, and when he reached the factory
store crowd was assembled. Among them
was David Crane and also Ben Crane.
David had gun with two big barrels and
Ben had cowhide with a long leather lash.
David halted Stewart with a gun cooked
and required him to stand, and at the same
time saying to his brother Ben: LAY it
on" Ben did lay it on and Stewart stood
still. One of our most prominent
citizens was on the field and saw the
whole occurrence and describes the cracking
of the whip like unto that of a pack of
fire crackers when the main fuse is on fire.
The crowd stood still and no one interfered.
Mr.. Stewart, when he was let go, cried like
child, and as soon as possible fed, not
with mark about his brow but with marks
from the top of his hat TO the heel of his
shoe. Mr.. Stewart was always considered
very good man, and very well thought
of. He has a most elegant lady for wife.
The Crane boys are very nice young men,
who, before committing the act Of whip
ping, consulted a lawyer. After the CON
sultation, all parties considered it better for
them to take the matter in their own hands
than go into law.
FLORIDA
Page Mckinney has resigned the Mayor